Finding Nemo: Family-Friendly Half Day Cruise to South Sea Island, Fiji

Embark on a family-friendly half-day cruise to South Sea Island in Fiji. Explore the stunning marine sanctuary, spot colorful coral and magnificent fish, and maybe even find Nemo! Enjoy kayaking, swimming, and snorkeling before heading back to Port Denarau for lunch.

Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • South Sea Island - Begin your day with a delightful and swift catamaran journey from Port Denarau to South Sea Island, a favored destination for day trips in Fiji. Located just 30 minutes from Denarau, you will reach this tropical haven before the majority of visitors, offering a rare opportunity to enjoy the island almost exclusively.
    With 1.5 to…
What's Included
  • FREE use of non-motorised watersports equipment
  • Air-conditioned catamaran transfer with free WiFi
  • FREE Subsea Adventure in semi-submersible coral viewer
  • Complimentary return coach transfers from Nadi/Denarau
  • 30 minutes of free WiFi on South Sea Island
  • Complimentary Kids Club
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Massage, premium bar, and scuba diving are all available at an additional cost
Additional Information

A fun family day in Fiji! South Sea Island is perfect for families with small children! If you would like a short trip out to South Sea Island to suit the kids, then this is the cruise for you.
In just 30 minutes you’ll be at South Sea Island where you can spend two hours and be back at Port Denarau in time for lunch. In the two hours, you can see the…

Location
Denarau Island
South Sea Cruises check-in counter is situated in the passenger terminal at Port Denarau. Upon entry to the terminal, you’ll see the South Sea Cruises kiosk and we recommend you check in 30 minutes prior to departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Frederic_j
Sep 5, 2025
Super - Great time with friends Very nice place We recommend this tour Enjoy this small island
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Raquelw275
Jul 6, 2025
Great family experience. - A great activity to do with the family. Our daughter was very nervous about going on the boat and the staff were reassuring and helped her at every point.
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Scottb525
May 19, 2025
Gotta go there ! - Just great fun , scenery and relaxation with beautiful people !! The Islanders Dance and singing was great as was the luncheon ✅✅✅
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Rebeccamaksimovic
Aug 16, 2024
A great morning!! - We booked the South sea island finding nemo cruise and took our 2 year old daughter. The trip times worked well as we would return to Denarau just before lunch time. Despite all the negative reviews on here - we had an amazing morning! The boat trip out there was about 20 mins - super organised by all the staff. The orientation went for approx 5 minutes which was all useful information. We then spent the entire morning approx 2 hours on the beach, swimming, exploring and we had an incredible time! Yes there are some bits of broken coral, but you’re on an island so it should be expected. Take reef shoes or crocs and there is no issue. The semi submerged submarine was operating, we chose not to go on this as we wanted to spend our time in the water and on the beach. Soft drinks, water, beer etc were included and if you wanted something more fancy you were able to purchase from the tipsy turtle bar - this bar is cash only. There were also some lovely Fijian ladies selling bracelets and Fijian souvenirs. Again cash only. We didn’t do the south sea transfers, we were staying at the Hilton so caught the bula bus there and back which worked really well for us. Overall we had a great morning and I would absolutely recommend this to anyone with young children looking for a short boat ride and a few hours on a beautiful island.
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Kirk_b
Oct 25, 2025
Suggest the full day tour... - Suggest the full day tour , half day not long enough very friendly people, easy to relax and enjoy ☺️
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F4860xicarolinew
Oct 14, 2025
Good day out, take a taxi home - A great day out with our young children. We loved the coral viewing boat and a short snorkel trip. The boat ride was fun and it was a good length trip for us. Only negative was that the resort transfer after the trip took nearly an hour as the bus waited for another boat of passengers to arrive. If I'd known this we would definitely have just taken a taxi home as the little one was very ready for a nap.
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Lauratm318rp
May 31, 2025
Wear beach shoes! - We were picked up from the hotel promptly, the bus was comfortable enough. However there was no instruction on where to go once we got to the port, it was a follow the leader situation, which is not great with trying to get small children organised. Check in was chaotic but okay. Wouldn’t be a good trip for anyone with low mobility as there was a lot of boat transferring occurring. When the smaller boat pulled up at the island we needed to step in the water to get off the boat, so don’t wear shoes you aren’t happy to get wet. The island crew sang a welcome song as we arrived which was lovely. The sand has coral all over it so wear beach shoes!!! The submersible was amazing, really really cool. We saw lots of fish and even a shark. Overall it was a lovely island, the water was beautiful although there were stingers in there. Our experience would have been better with the appropriate footwear!
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Camper38766825748
Aug 21, 2024
Don’t waste your time!! - While we loved our time in the island itself the getting there & back let the trip down. The port & check in was chaotic…only just got through check in when they made the boarding call only to sit on the boat in the direct sun waiting for them to load luggage etc. Had a great time out on the island, the underwater boat was very cool. Once back at the port we’re straight back on the bus where we sat for the next 35 minutes!! We were told we were waiting for 1 more person & they made it sound like just a few minutes but we were actually waiting for another boat to come i which was about 25 minutes later. Wish I had read the reviews on here before as seems like a common occurrence & would have got the bula bus back. When you book a half day tour because your holiday time is precious the last thing you want to do is sit in a bus not going anywhere.
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Kobalakoala
Oct 13, 2025
Beautiful island trip, poor service and experience on return - Was a great family friendly experience until the bus ride back to our resort. We went with 6 adults and 5 kids ranging from ages 1-5, they loved the boat ride and swimming on the island. And they were thrilled to on the glass bottom boat ride, the water was beautifully clear and so much active marine life and colourful coral. We even got to see a turtle up close.! Upon return however, we were made to wait half an hour on a bus waiting for another boat to return to the marina. How is this suitable for young children to make us sit on a bus for over half an hour, there was clearly enough time to take everyone back to the resorts 5 minutes away! It literally would have been quicker to walk back to our resort. No apologies or updates, just "we are waiting for another boat". The kids were getting antsy, they were tired and hungry and it ruined a perfect outing. I also overheard the people coming off the boat we were waiting for complain they had no assistance in unloading their baggage which is what took even longer. So disappointing as the reviews were quite positive for this experience
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Debra_m
Jul 7, 2025
Poor experience and poor value for money - Disappointed to say the least States online 3.15 hours We got on boat at 8.45 Arrived on island at 9.15 Orientation till 9.30 We were told to be ready to board the boat at 11am so only gave us 1.5 hours We went and got snorkeling gear but the snorkelling tour was at 10.30 and was only for 15 minutes, they ran late and we snorkelled from 10.40 and then had to rush to get our stuff to go back onto boat Water was too shallow to go snorkeling off shore and when we did snorkel there was a lot of sea lice and we saw about 5 fish that’s it very cloudy waters All staff were a little rude as they were so rushed as well and not the Fuji experience we had on previous trips Not worth the money or effort to go
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From $61
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).